Thanks Chris! Enjoyed the tour. My grandpa was an Oliver dealer and dad told me the story he got a mist green 880 and had to paint it to get it sold! Wish I could find it now!
appreciate the time and effort in sharing the collection. I enjoy seeing the tractors you have and can tell the love you share when talking about them and the stories about how your dad found or bought those tractors he found. Oliver was never all that strong in my immediate area but I love seeing all the older equipment no matter the brand
Thanks, Chris! The 880 Diesel Narrow Front (with the spur get transmission) is my all time favorite tractor. My family had one that I used quite a bit; there's nothing on earth quite like that "ying, ying, ying" sound that tractor made. It's imprinted in my mind!
My name is Jim. My family owned an Oliver dealership for many years. I purchased a 1957/1958 Oliver 550 industrial with the Oliver front end loader for use on my acreage, in 1986. It came with the option of a backhoe, but mine had the 3 point and live PTO instead. What made my industrial version different was the fixed width solid front axel! Heavy duty front axel to carry the weight of a loaded bucket. There was a pump for the loader in front of the radiator as was the large capacity aux oil tank.v Also my tractor had the unusual power assist steering. What made this unusual was the power steering pump was attached to the back of the generator. This system of generator driven power steering pump was also used on some 1957 GM cars including the Chevrolet. When my pump failed in the late 1990's I was advised that repair was difficult to impossible. I found 2 pump units on eBay and bought them both keeping one for a spare. I sold the tractor in 2014 at auction. I sold the spare pump also.
Quite the collection, and quite the history. I find it a bit funny or maybe odd how much they fiddled with the aesthetics. I've only run a Super 88. Really comfortable machine.
My grandfather on my dads side had a mist green 880 and he never repainted it because to him it was just a tractor. Unfortunately he sold it and never knew where it went.
Great tour! And finding about the gotchas on some models and the overrunning Sprag clutch "Watch out for that first hill!". I recently learned about the John Deere model where the brakes stopped working when the engine stalled.
ours has the cast grill it was a loader tractor hard on the center pin with that weight but so was the 3 pt hitch counter weight. they were bulletproof
Thanks for taking so much time to share you collection with us. So cool that you’ve got so much history sitting there. And the stories about Oliver are fascinating.
Been waiting for this video, I have a flat fender 770, was the heart of my parents small farm for many years, and continues on still today in my care, thanks for the walk through and some history.
Oliver kept wanting to discontinue the 770 once the 1550 had come out, but the dealers and customers kept the demand up to where they kept building them. Really just a great all around tractor!
I grew up with a 660, Cut and raked 100s of acres with it. I now own a restored 1964 770 with the hydrostatic steering and 4150 hours , we just finished restoring the 770 that my dad bought new in 1966 but the hours are estimated over 10,000, bad tach cable. I just loved the 660 and 770s. and all of your tractors are awesome!!
Have a 770 late model with power booster and traction hitch had good luck with it was bought with just under 2 thousand hours never started showing any problems until over 6 thousand hours we rebuilt the motor and power booster at that time has over 8 thousand hours now handy tractor Enjoying the videos
I enjoy watching your tour videos. However, I'd love to see it in person. In fact I'd be willing to pay to see a collection as great as yours. So much history in one place! I always wanted to be a farmer. I grew up watching my great Aunt on her cattle farm. I have some great memories riding around sticking hay bales in the field with her before Parkinson's got too bad. Thanks for the videos 😊
Newer subscriber. We have an early 770 Diesel with factory wide front and power traction hitch. It's the first tractor I ran and dad bought it used back in 98 or 99 he's gone and she is still here I love that tractor
I always liked my grandfather 770’s one gas one diesel. The diesel was late 50’s the gas was think 64 has the flat top fenders still have it in the family. Those mist green ones might of made customers angry then but now they probably kinda sought after kinda rare lol.
Another superb video sir! I really enjoy you going through all the little changes they did to the models over the years. It's a great way to keep track of Oliver History. I definitely learned a bunch, I didn't realize that the pedal locker bar on the Super 99's/990's were missing on a lot of the remaining examples. My 990 (S-99) has always had it so I had no idea it was somewhat rare. Hope your holiday went well!
@@ThatOliverGuyChris thanks for the history Chris!! Not too many people still know it anymore 😪 I've forgotten way too much, but once in a while, one of the old files pops up in my head 😎😁🤣😂
I can only assume that the dealer in Saline Michigan was where US 12 and Austin Rd intersected. I don't remember now what the name of that dealership was when it closed in the early 90s. They were still selling Whites then. The building is still there. Last I remember it was a Tire shop. Not far away on US 12 was Gross Equipment which was the closest John Deere dealer and right across the road from Gross's was an International Harvester dealership. That one I believe closed when they merged with J I Case. I have a great Agco dealership but they were originally International and then became an Allis Chalmers dealership. Not many Olivers were round my neighborhood and no one had a Minneapolis Moline. Lots of Deere, International, Case and Case IH Allis Chalmers and a Few Massey Fergusons.
The first thing I learned to drive was my grandad 1958 550 diesel. That was a good tractor. I would like a Oliver 770 around a 62 model with the flat top fenders and wide front
We have the power traction hitch on our 880. I'd rather have a regular drawer. Can't use it on the Baler Cuz it's so loose jointed. Although I did like it for tractor pulling . Our gas out pulled a hopped up 880 diesel .
Great video as always. What was the difference between 3 digit Olivers and the 3 digit Cockshutt tractors? I never had the opportunity to examine them.
It depends on the models. Cockshutt had their own line of tractors prior to the buyout by White Motor. They had a 550 that was a row crop tractor, vs the Oliver utility 550. I know there was a Cockshutt 550,560,570, and I believe a 580, all built in Canada. Hopefully someone more Cockshutt knowledgeable will chime in. After the buyout, all those models were discontinued and replaced with Oliver built ones using the Oliver model numbers. So there was the Cockshutt 550 that was built in Canada, and then there was the Cockshutt 550 that was identical to the Oliver 550 other than paint and decals. They also badged the 660 as a Cockshutt, but only like a dozen or so of those were made. They made quite a few 770 Cockshutts, and not many 880 Cockshutts, all the same as their Oliver counterparts. The 440, 950, 990 and 995 are the only triple digits that didn't get red paint, and that's because they had been discontinued by 1962 when Cockshutt was bought.
Yes, the Massey Ferguson 98 is an Oliver 990 with different sheet metal and paint. Massey wanted to get some higher horsepower tractors on the market and contracted with Oliver to produce that model until they could gear up to build their own.
Loving the series! We only have the common Oliver’s. Question- Do you know where to a find a good replacement bearing / spool for a governor assembly? Maybe NOS? The remanufactured ones aren’t great.
That's proving to be a tough one. A good friend that knows how to find industrial parts put some effort into it and came up empty handed. You could try Larry Svehlak. He has TONS of NOS parts down in Texas. Google "Svehlak Tractor", his Facebook page with contact info will be the first thing on the list.
That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey thanks, I’ll reach out to him. I have 2 used ones, one is a repop, the metal is softer and the bearing grooves aren’t even machined evenly.
hey Chris ,love the videos,had a question,oliver used david brown engines and other things,just wondering if you had one of these,and if you could show it or address the connection in one of your videos?tks
Oliver had 2 David Brown tractors in their line up for a short time in the 1960s. The Oliver 500 and 600. Their equivalents were the 850 and 950. I don't have either of those models in my collection. An interesting turn of events... when Agco bought the White tractor line, they were buying castings from Allied (the previous owner of White tractor) that were poured at the Charles City factory. When the foundry in Charles City closed in 1993, Agco went with David Brown of England to pour the same castings. (Case had bought the tractor line in 1972, but the foundry stayed on as an independent company.) I talked to a former White engineer that had gone to England for Agco to check out the foundry. He said it was a filthy mess compared to an American foundry, but they castings they made were second to none.
I farmed with an 880 for quite a few years. It had what we called a swinging three-point. Is that the same as the traction three-point? It had external cylinders on the three-point. Damn was it a handy tractor to have around. The down pressure was great to have.
Most likely. Oliver still had their hydra hitch, which was a more basic, lighter duty 3 point, but the 880 was typically either the power traction hitch or just a regular drawbar.
Hey is your dad still around? Mine is and he's 91, he still has a good memory. I'd like to see your dad on your videos if he could, but I'm sorry if he can't. I'm sure going to miss my dad when he's gone. Mom's been gone for about 5 years, a victim of Alzheimer disease, it was hard on me because she didn't even know who I was for several years, but she looked like herself. I tried to get some childhood stories from her because those memories are last to go, and I got a few, but even those were fading.
Unfortunately, dad died from Lou Gehrig's disease almost 25 years ago. I wish he was still here to recount so much of the history that he took with him. Some have commented on how it might be hard to look at his tractors with the memories they bring up. For me they are a thing of joy, because they remind me of the time I did get to spend with dad.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris A woman I work with's Son got Lou Gehrig's disease, He was just released from the Marines, and served a tough term in the middle east. He started having strange things happening to him, and for a while the military hospital couldn't diagnose the problem, but after a while they diagnosed Lou Gehrig's disease. His mom kept him at her house, and took care of as much as possible, but had hospice help. He died less than a year later at 24 years old That's sort of like Alzheimer disease, no one knows what causes it, no one knows how to cure it. I'm very sorry to hear that about your Dad. Another youtuber l like is Bandit farmer, he lives real close to me.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris He commented to me about 30 minutes ago. That was some very tough grass and soil he was turning. That Oliver is maybe not running right, but its running strong.
880 oliver with power booster did they update later ones 1961 . I have one no update filter pump like yours . But hyd pump seals went out so there is mixed in hydraulic oil. 🧐 ( I never let transmission tighten up ) but its working good yet. Any pointers to make last let me know .
The pump and filter was a dealer installed update on any 880 with the helical transmission. That would be most of 1959 and up. Unfortunately, not every dealer kept on top of the updates, so not all 880s got it. The sprag clutch in the power booster is splash lubricated and needs a thinner oil to work properly. Oliver originally recommended motor oil with their additive. You can't get the additive any more, but they eventually switched to recommending universal hydraulic transmission fluid, like Agco's 821xl. It is a relatively thin oil that has the right additives to withstand the high pressure that gear teeth put on each other. I use the same in my hydraulic unit, that it doesn't contaminate hydraulic cylinders that might get connected to newer tractors, or the transmission if the pump leaks. Keeping the transmission oil changed on those, especially if they don't have the filter, is important to the longevity of the sprag clutch.
There's more and better welds on the front frame. I was going to mention that the Super 44 had a recall because there weren't enough welds on the front frame, and Oliver had the dealers take them in and add some welds. Because of that you can usually pick out a Super 44 because a lot of the frame welds do not look factory. Some of them are down right ugly! It seems like there are a couple of other differences, but they aren't coming to mind at the moment.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris thanks for the reply, I have noticed some "crude" welds on the s44 , but hard to find more info on them, love your content and KNOWLEDGE, keep the videos coming!
They called it the Lugmatic. The torque converter would let the tractor slow down under hard pulling conditions, but keep the engine speed up. That let the 2 stroke diesel keep its rpm up, which is important on those 2 stroke diesels. In the 1950s, Oliver's CEO was Alva Phelps. He came to Oliver from General Motors, and it shows in the tractors. They used Delco electrical parts, Saginaw steering components, GM diesel engines, and Allison torque converters.
The 990 can trace its roots all the way back to the Oliver 28-44. It was made to be a big horse for the prairie states and was designed in a Standard/Wheatland configuration. It would have been tough to get the clearance of a row crop the way the axles were set up. My 990 has 18.4-34s, so there wasn't going much taller back then. They could make a taller front axle, but then the nose would have been sticking in the air. They ran into the same issue with the 1900 when the added 4 wheel drive to it.
Thanks Chris! Enjoyed the tour. My grandpa was an Oliver dealer and dad told me the story he got a mist green 880 and had to paint it to get it sold! Wish I could find it now!
I wouldn't mind having one, but they have gotten pricey!
Wish I could afford just one of those! My grandfather had a 77 and a 880, and a 66.
appreciate the time and effort in sharing the collection. I enjoy seeing the tractors you have and can tell the love you share when talking about them and the stories about how your dad found or bought those tractors he found. Oliver was never all that strong in my immediate area but I love seeing all the older equipment no matter the brand
Thanks 👍
Thanks, Chris! The 880 Diesel Narrow Front (with the spur get transmission) is my all time favorite tractor. My family had one that I used quite a bit; there's nothing on earth quite like that "ying, ying, ying" sound that tractor made. It's imprinted in my mind!
Thank you for posting these. I wish all equipment tours and line ups were as informative as these have been. I've learned a ton.
thanks for the tour
My name is Jim. My family owned an Oliver dealership for many years. I purchased a 1957/1958 Oliver 550 industrial with the Oliver front end loader for use on my acreage, in 1986. It came with the option of a backhoe, but mine had the 3 point and live PTO instead. What made my industrial version different was the fixed width solid front axel! Heavy duty front axel to carry the weight of a loaded bucket. There was a pump for the loader in front of the radiator as was the large capacity aux oil tank.v Also my tractor had the unusual power assist steering. What made this unusual was the power steering pump was attached to the back of the generator. This system of generator driven power steering pump was also used on some 1957 GM cars including the Chevrolet. When my pump failed in the late 1990's I was advised that repair was difficult to impossible. I found 2 pump units on eBay and bought them both keeping one for a spare. I sold the tractor in 2014 at auction. I sold the spare pump also.
Quite the collection, and quite the history. I find it a bit funny or maybe odd how much they fiddled with the aesthetics. I've only run a Super 88. Really comfortable machine.
My grandfather on my dads side had a mist green 880 and he never repainted it because to him it was just a tractor. Unfortunately he sold it and never knew where it went.
Thanks for the video Chris! I feel like the Power Booster will get rare over time.
I agree.
Thank you so much for putting these out I'm watching every one of them
Thank you for watching!
Great tour! And finding about the gotchas on some models and the overrunning Sprag clutch "Watch out for that first hill!". I recently learned about the John Deere model where the brakes stopped working when the engine stalled.
Every manufacturer had those "shoulda thought that through a little better" things.
ours has the cast grill it was a loader tractor hard on the center pin with that weight but so was the 3 pt hitch counter weight. they were bulletproof
Thanks for the 3 digit tour and explaining the spec/serial numbers on Oliver tractors. I have still have my Grandpa’s 770 he bought new in ‘63
There's some rare tractors out there, but nothing beats a family tractor in my book.
Must be a serious day....the crocs are in 4x4 mode.....lol
Lol! It was business casual because it was the 4th of July.
Happy 4th Chris!! Love videos my dad had a 770 gas! Great chore and small implement tractor. Looking forward to 4 digets😉. Thanks.
Happy 4th to you too!!!
I would love a diesel 880 Oliver with the painted 880 logo. You have a amazing collection, so cool!
Amazing tractors, and history to go with it, you have a beautiful collection Chris, Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Thanks for taking so much time to share you collection with us. So cool that you’ve got so much history sitting there. And the stories about Oliver are fascinating.
Been waiting for this video, I have a flat fender 770, was the heart of my parents small farm for many years, and continues on still today in my care, thanks for the walk through and some history.
Oliver kept wanting to discontinue the 770 once the 1550 had come out, but the dealers and customers kept the demand up to where they kept building them. Really just a great all around tractor!
I grew up with a 660, Cut and raked 100s of acres with it. I now own a restored 1964 770 with the hydrostatic steering and 4150 hours , we just finished restoring the 770 that my dad bought new in 1966 but the hours are estimated over 10,000, bad tach cable. I just loved the 660 and 770s. and all of your tractors are awesome!!
Thank you!
Have a 770 late model with power booster and traction hitch had good luck with it was bought with just under 2 thousand hours never started showing any problems until over 6 thousand hours we rebuilt the motor and power booster at that time has over 8 thousand hours now handy tractor
Enjoying the videos
Thanks!
I enjoy watching your tour videos. However, I'd love to see it in person. In fact I'd be willing to pay to see a collection as great as yours. So much history in one place! I always wanted to be a farmer. I grew up watching my great Aunt on her cattle farm. I have some great memories riding around sticking hay bales in the field with her before Parkinson's got too bad. Thanks for the videos 😊
Newer subscriber. We have an early 770 Diesel with factory wide front and power traction hitch. It's the first tractor I ran and dad bought it used back in 98 or 99 he's gone and she is still here I love that tractor
I always liked my grandfather 770’s one gas one diesel. The diesel was late 50’s the gas was think 64 has the flat top fenders still have it in the family. Those mist green ones might of made customers angry then but now they probably kinda sought after kinda rare lol.
A Mist Green 880 with the correct serial number will fetch 3-4 times as much as a regular one.
Happy belated 4th of July Chris. Really enjoying your equipment tours. Take care & stay safe. Cheers
Thank you. Hope you had a great 4th!
Another superb video sir! I really enjoy you going through all the little changes they did to the models over the years. It's a great way to keep track of Oliver History. I definitely learned a bunch, I didn't realize that the pedal locker bar on the Super 99's/990's were missing on a lot of the remaining examples. My 990 (S-99) has always had it so I had no idea it was somewhat rare. Hope your holiday went well!
A friend here in Michigan was reproducing them because there was enough demand. I've got to get with him and see if I can get him to make set for me.
Yep did enjoy the video bro. Stay safe up your way
Looking forward to the next video
Man I'd love to wander around your place! The things I would do for a Super 44 or 440 :O
Thanks for the video Chris!
Always love hearing the history!!!
You know me, longer videos, I catch what I can 👍 pocket watching 😎
Pocket watching, I like that. Thanks for watching, Ed.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris thanks for the history Chris!!
Not too many people still know it anymore 😪
I've forgotten way too much, but once in a while, one of the old files pops up in my head 😎😁🤣😂
Thanks Chris another great video from the Oliver guy
Glad you enjoyed it
Neat Chris, I was not aware of the 995 with an Allison Torque Converter, very cool!
I love this series as soon as you said the 550 had a loader I was like I wonder if that is the one that was traded off
I never got to run the 550 with the loader, but I remember looking at it and thinking that it would be hard to climb into the operator's position.
I can only assume that the dealer in Saline Michigan was where US 12 and Austin Rd intersected. I don't remember now what the name of that dealership was when it closed in the early 90s. They were still selling Whites then. The building is still there. Last I remember it was a Tire shop. Not far away on US 12 was Gross Equipment which was the closest John Deere dealer and right across the road from Gross's was an International Harvester dealership. That one I believe closed when they merged with J I Case. I have a great Agco dealership but they were originally International and then became an Allis Chalmers dealership. Not many Olivers were round my neighborhood and no one had a Minneapolis Moline. Lots of Deere, International, Case and Case IH Allis Chalmers and a Few Massey Fergusons.
I believe it was still called Ted's Service when they closed. Dad and I went to that auction and bought quite a bit.
We've got 3 550s on the farm. One is just a base 550, then we have a backhoe (might be a 2-44) and a forklift all from factory.
G'day Chris beautiful old iron mate
Hello Murphy! Thank you!
The first thing I learned to drive was my grandad 1958 550 diesel. That was a good tractor. I would like a Oliver 770 around a 62 model with the flat top fenders and wide front
Millard Hayes, the first thing I learned to drive was my great grandfathers 1957 550 gas, with power assisted steering. Love it
We have the power traction hitch on our 880.
I'd rather have a regular drawer. Can't use it on the Baler Cuz it's so loose jointed. Although I did like it for tractor pulling . Our gas out pulled a hopped up 880 diesel .
Power traction hitch ?? Didn't Allis challmers come out with that first ? Thanks Chris.! Another great video,,,,,,, !👍
Could be. I think Allis had their snap-coupler hitch that was the same concept.
Great video as always. What was the difference between 3 digit Olivers and the 3 digit Cockshutt tractors? I never had the opportunity to examine them.
It depends on the models. Cockshutt had their own line of tractors prior to the buyout by White Motor. They had a 550 that was a row crop tractor, vs the Oliver utility 550. I know there was a Cockshutt 550,560,570, and I believe a 580, all built in Canada. Hopefully someone more Cockshutt knowledgeable will chime in. After the buyout, all those models were discontinued and replaced with Oliver built ones using the Oliver model numbers. So there was the Cockshutt 550 that was built in Canada, and then there was the Cockshutt 550 that was identical to the Oliver 550 other than paint and decals. They also badged the 660 as a Cockshutt, but only like a dozen or so of those were made. They made quite a few 770 Cockshutts, and not many 880 Cockshutts, all the same as their Oliver counterparts. The 440, 950, 990 and 995 are the only triple digits that didn't get red paint, and that's because they had been discontinued by 1962 when Cockshutt was bought.
Excellent video 👍👍👍👍 was the lug o matic like a 990 i seen one on a auction years ago it had a 3 71 Detroit diesel engine
It was almost identical, decals and a torque converter were the main differences.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris is there a Massey Ferguson that's the same basically as a 99 oliver with a 3 71 Detroit diesel
Yes, the Massey Ferguson 98 is an Oliver 990 with different sheet metal and paint. Massey wanted to get some higher horsepower tractors on the market and contracted with Oliver to produce that model until they could gear up to build their own.
Loving the series! We only have the common Oliver’s. Question- Do you know where to a find a good replacement bearing / spool for a governor assembly? Maybe NOS? The remanufactured ones aren’t great.
That's proving to be a tough one. A good friend that knows how to find industrial parts put some effort into it and came up empty handed. You could try Larry Svehlak. He has TONS of NOS parts down in Texas. Google "Svehlak Tractor", his Facebook page with contact info will be the first thing on the list.
That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey thanks, I’ll reach out to him. I have 2 used ones, one is a repop, the metal is softer and the bearing grooves aren’t even machined evenly.
hey Chris ,love the videos,had a question,oliver used david brown engines and other things,just wondering if you had one of these,and if you could show it or address the connection in one of your videos?tks
Oliver had 2 David Brown tractors in their line up for a short time in the 1960s. The Oliver 500 and 600. Their equivalents were the 850 and 950. I don't have either of those models in my collection. An interesting turn of events... when Agco bought the White tractor line, they were buying castings from Allied (the previous owner of White tractor) that were poured at the Charles City factory. When the foundry in Charles City closed in 1993, Agco went with David Brown of England to pour the same castings. (Case had bought the tractor line in 1972, but the foundry stayed on as an independent company.) I talked to a former White engineer that had gone to England for Agco to check out the foundry. He said it was a filthy mess compared to an American foundry, but they castings they made were second to none.
Why do I feel like this is just part 3 of a 17 part series? LOL Wow, you have a tractor or two.
I figure there are 4 more parts to get through the tractors. Then there is the equipment. It's going to a few. Lol
I farmed with an 880 for quite a few years. It had what we called a swinging three-point. Is that the same as the traction three-point? It had external cylinders on the three-point. Damn was it a handy tractor to have around. The down pressure was great to have.
Most likely. Oliver still had their hydra hitch, which was a more basic, lighter duty 3 point, but the 880 was typically either the power traction hitch or just a regular drawbar.
Hey is your dad still around? Mine is and he's 91, he still has a good memory. I'd like to see your dad on your videos if he could, but I'm sorry if he can't. I'm sure going to miss my dad when he's gone. Mom's been gone for about 5 years, a victim of Alzheimer disease, it was hard on me because she didn't even know who I was for several years, but she looked like herself. I tried to get some childhood stories from her because those memories are last to go, and I got a few, but even those were fading.
Unfortunately, dad died from Lou Gehrig's disease almost 25 years ago. I wish he was still here to recount so much of the history that he took with him. Some have commented on how it might be hard to look at his tractors with the memories they bring up. For me they are a thing of joy, because they remind me of the time I did get to spend with dad.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris A woman I work with's Son got Lou Gehrig's disease, He was just released from the Marines, and served a tough term in the middle east. He started having strange things happening to him, and for a while the military hospital couldn't diagnose the problem, but after a while they diagnosed Lou Gehrig's disease. His mom kept him at her house, and took care of as much as possible, but had hospice help. He died less than a year later at 24 years old That's sort of like Alzheimer disease, no one knows what causes it, no one knows how to cure it.
I'm very sorry to hear that about your Dad.
Another youtuber l like is Bandit farmer, he lives real close to me.
They've made some progress with ALS, but it's still a death sentence.
I watch Bandit Farmer too. I was just watching him plow with his 1850.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris He commented to me about 30 minutes ago. That was some very tough grass and soil he was turning. That Oliver is maybe not running right, but its running strong.
Do you have any of the David brown / Oliver tractors , great collection you have.
Thanks! No, I don't any of the David Brown or any of the Fiat built Olivers.
When you cleaned up the 770 did you have to install new sleeves and pistons . How carried away did rebuild get.
No new pistons or sleeves. Just cleaned everything up well and put it back together with new gaskets.
880 oliver with power booster did they update later ones 1961 . I have one no update filter pump like yours . But hyd pump seals went out so there is mixed in hydraulic oil. 🧐 ( I never let transmission tighten up ) but its working good yet. Any pointers to make last let me know .
The pump and filter was a dealer installed update on any 880 with the helical transmission. That would be most of 1959 and up. Unfortunately, not every dealer kept on top of the updates, so not all 880s got it.
The sprag clutch in the power booster is splash lubricated and needs a thinner oil to work properly. Oliver originally recommended motor oil with their additive. You can't get the additive any more, but they eventually switched to recommending universal hydraulic transmission fluid, like Agco's 821xl. It is a relatively thin oil that has the right additives to withstand the high pressure that gear teeth put on each other. I use the same in my hydraulic unit, that it doesn't contaminate hydraulic cylinders that might get connected to newer tractors, or the transmission if the pump leaks. Keeping the transmission oil changed on those, especially if they don't have the filter, is important to the longevity of the sprag clutch.
ours had red letters 550 diesel but now it is gas out of a 66 .head was cracked on the norway
I have two 770 diesels, both with power boosters that don't work. Should I just leave them on, in direct?
If that's the speed that works, then yes. Generally they hold up better in direct because everything is clamped tight and not rattling.
Besides the tank mount bracket and notched foot platform, is there any other differences between the s44 and 440?
There's more and better welds on the front frame. I was going to mention that the Super 44 had a recall because there weren't enough welds on the front frame, and Oliver had the dealers take them in and add some welds. Because of that you can usually pick out a Super 44 because a lot of the frame welds do not look factory. Some of them are down right ugly! It seems like there are a couple of other differences, but they aren't coming to mind at the moment.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris thanks for the reply, I have noticed some "crude" welds on the s44 , but hard to find more info on them, love your content and KNOWLEDGE, keep the videos coming!
Chris I guess I missed this somehow. What are the two smaller gear shifts on the 770. High and low mabe
Right under the steering wheel? Those are the hydraulic remote levers
@@ThatOliverGuyChris oh ok. thanks for responding back. Always wondered.
Do you know how many late model 770's came with a diesel?
Sorry, I don't. I don't see them very often.
What was the idea with the 995 with torque converter?
They called it the Lugmatic. The torque converter would let the tractor slow down under hard pulling conditions, but keep the engine speed up. That let the 2 stroke diesel keep its rpm up, which is important on those 2 stroke diesels.
In the 1950s, Oliver's CEO was Alva Phelps. He came to Oliver from General Motors, and it shows in the tractors. They used Delco electrical parts, Saginaw steering components, GM diesel engines, and Allison torque converters.
I have always wondered why Oliver never built a row crop 990?
The 990 can trace its roots all the way back to the Oliver 28-44. It was made to be a big horse for the prairie states and was designed in a Standard/Wheatland configuration. It would have been tough to get the clearance of a row crop the way the axles were set up. My 990 has 18.4-34s, so there wasn't going much taller back then. They could make a taller front axle, but then the nose would have been sticking in the air. They ran into the same issue with the 1900 when the added 4 wheel drive to it.
Did the 660 have improved super fenders with the word Oliver stamped in it
They did use the Oliver stamped fenders, but they didn't paint the letters on them.
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Do you have any Oliver track machines
I have an OC-3. It was in this first tour video.
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I know where there is a 950 Diesel that could be bought
I've got one, but I know people that are looking for one.
Please sell me a four digit. You keep them so mechanically sound I don’t care which one.
I would, but then I wouldn't have them. Lol